Wednesday, 5 February 2014

Deaf Lions ‎– "Copia" ( Sound Of Pig – SOP 87) 1987

Plunderphonia,
along with illegal downloading and (gag) Hip...er...Hop, were/are the
biggest threats to the evil, art killing, bloated ‘Music’ giants. Like a
cornered (deaf) Lion , they are desperately fighting their last stand
as we speak. Along with their corrupt allies, the FBI ,Hollywood and
associates, they have succeeded in closing many a blog like this one,
and sued many a Plunderphonic artist like John Oswald out of existence.

The
Deaf Lions are a perfect example of the power of Plunderphonics to
challenge both the right to copy, and the concept of what music really
is. As the exchange between Eric Morecambe and André Previn on the 1978
Morecambe and Wise Christmas show went: (click here to see this classic TV moment)

A.P. – “ You’re playing alllll the wrong notes!”

E.M. – “Listen sunshine! I’m playing all the right notes.......but not necessarily in the right order!”

Like
cutting up text in the Brion Gysin method, it becomes something new,
the same applies to cutting up chart hits, they become something
non-chart and unpopular. So how can these corporations claim copyright
infringement. Except in the case of Hip-Hop, where the sampling is very
uninspired, and is mostly just someone reciting awful poetry over
someone else’s recording (yes,there are exceptions!). Music is a
language is a virus.

The Deaf
Lions, obviously got their hands on one of the first budget samplers
back in ’87, probably an Ensoniq Mirage by the sound of it. Then used
the limited sample length to capture random parts of some terrible chart
hits and soft rock monstrosities (there’s also some ‘good’ stuff
mangled up in there too,PiL and the Pistols for example), to deconstruct
them into something more relevant to the reality of our existence.
Repetitive, monotonous confusion, is on the menu, reflective of the kind
of life most of the human race freely choose.

This
cassette chooses freedom , the freedom to create sound art without the
corrupting/controlling influence of fake money; and the listener has
the freedom to enjoy or reject it. The government and big business want
to take these freedoms away. Its a more important and profound a right
than the right to vote.........anyway who or what do you vote for? Which
sad ego-driven liar with a napoleon complex do you want to sustain this
madness for another decade? People died for your right to vote and the
freedom to choose........CHOOSE NOT TO VOTE, its your right.

Cival Disobedience is good:

“Civil disobedience is not our problem. Our problem is civil obedience. Our problem is that people all over the world have obeyed the dictates of leaders…and millions have been killed because of this obedience…Our problem is that people are obedient allover the world in the face of poverty and starvation and stupidity, and war, and cruelty. Our problem is that people are obedient while the jails are full of petty thieves… (and) the grand thieves are running the country. That’s our problem.”